Why is the sky blue? A clear cloudless day-time sky is blue because molecules in the air scatter blue light from the sun more than they scatter red light. When we look towards the sun at sunset‚ we see red and orange colours because the blue light has been scattered out and away from the line of sight. The white light from the sun is a mixture of all colours of the rainbow. This was demonstrated by Isaac Newton‚ who used a prism to separate the different colours and so form a spectrum
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Jane-Clare Dauito Professor Thorstensen English Composition 2 11 December 2013 Within The Blues James Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues” is a story of how a distant and conflicting relationship between two brothers is saved by the powerful message within music. In “Sonny’s Blues” the music portrays a very powerful message. The story begins with Sonny being arrested for heroin use. Sonny’s older brother is a school teacher and did not want to believe that the news was true‚ “I didn’t want to believe that
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1. If you were Hudson‚ how would you respond to the director? If I was Hudson I would start with thanking the director for giving Hudson the chance to explain himself and change his decision. Then I would proceed on explaining the benefits of retaining him. I would start by pointing out that even though staff opinion is important‚ in this case the Mr. Ahmet Green needs to look at the output of this project. Even after a few initial hiccups overall the project was a success. Because he decided to
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Metonymies are used in very often in literature‚ and also in everyday speech. A metonymy is a word or phrase that is used to stand in for another word. metonymy is often chosen because it is a wellknown characteristic of the word. In this example‚ metonymy is applied because the pen isn’t the thing that is mighty over the sword; it’s the written words being mighty over the violence and destruction‚ and force. For example‚ the word "pen" is not always standing in for the written word; often‚
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An Analysis of the Theme of Suffering in “Sonny’s Blues” The brief plot of “Sonny’s Blues” meticulously examines two adult brothers and their divergent approaches to coping with their depressing lives in the dilapidated‚ drug-ridden streets of Harlem. James Baldwin’s attempt at demonstrating his concern with families‚ roots‚ and identity is quite apparent‚ but the theme of suffering is most prominent. He expresses his thoughts on this subject through his distinctive and eloquent prose which accommodates
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“Sonny’s Blues‚” the narrator provides multiple expressions and ideas to give us readers a better understanding of what is going on throughout the story. The narrator not only gives us thorough information‚ but displays major themes as the story changes roles. The term conflict really stood out to me as I was reading through the story. Playing the role of a big brother was not all that easy for the narrator‚ in which he found out first handed how big of a role it really is. Also in “Sonny ’s Blues‚” the
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Though Sonny in the Story “Sonny Blues” wasn’t able or chose not to get an education. He was smart in one area‚ and that was expressing himself through playing jazz on the piano. His experience on music and his personal life would make him be able to teach his brother (who was teacher) something about him. Sonny was much like his father‚ an isolated man who didn’t really like expressing himself verbally‚ he would do drugs as well but realized that wasn’t really make him express his feelings out.
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The blizzard of 1999 struck a majority of the Midwest along with parts of Canada. The biggest areas affected were Indiana‚ Illinois‚ Michigan‚ Ontario‚ Quebec‚ Wisconsin‚ and Ohio. There was as much as 2 feet of snow in many areas. The blizzard began on January 2‚ 1999 through January 4‚ 1999. Chicago was one of the biggest cities impacted by the storm measuring up to 22 inches of snow and rated the 2nd worst blizzard in Chicago by the National Weather Channel. Record temperatures hit a low
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“The Murderous Blizzard” In the article‚ Death on the Prairies: The Murderous Blizzard of 1888 by David Laskin‚ which analyze the severe and tragic event that happened over the Northeast continent of American. In January 12‚ 1888‚ began as inconvenient warm morning across Nebraska‚ Kansas‚ Iowa‚ territory of Dakotas‚ and Minnesota. Prairie snowstorm of blizzard killed hundreds of recently immigrant that comes to west in search prosperous new life. The account of the blizzard of 1888 are amazed
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Zakary Houtrides Professor Snowberger English Composition 2 15 May 2013 Literary Technique Poem Analysis The imagery in Langston Hughes’ poem “The Weary Blues” explains the theme of dejection and the relief that music can bring. In the first line the words droning and drowsy appear‚ immediately reflecting the tone of tiredness first stated in the poem’s title. These two words‚ droning and drowsy‚ describe the blues‚ the type of music the narrator is hearing. Hughes’ imagery is further reinforced
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